ATI Radeon X550 XTX vs ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X550 XTX and ATI Radeon X1650 PRO videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon X550 XTX

ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X550 XTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s

Launch date	24 January 2007 vs 23 August 2006
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 85 vs 71

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	85 vs 71
PassMark - G2D Mark	241 vs 240

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X550 XTX
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

240

241

Name	ATI Radeon X550 XTX	ATI Radeon X1650 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	71	85
PassMark - G2D Mark	240	241

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X550 XTX	ATI Radeon X1650 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	R400	R500
Code name	RV410	RV535
Launch date	24 January 2007	23 August 2006
Place in performance rating	715	716
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	120 million	330 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		44 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	4.8 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	GDDR3